The HSR has been doing a lot better in recent years in efforts to attract ridership and improve service but it's still light years behind the TTC or OC Transpo for example. The bike rack project was definitely a huge success as were the replacement of older articulated buses, 17 bus order of additional articulated buses, and investment in new routes, both rapid and non-rapid. When you think about it, thats a lot of improvement in only about 5 years (all of this has happened or been planned within that time).
In September we'll have a new rapid transit route (#20 A-Line), auto stop announcements and GPS positioning on buses and a whole slew of higher capacity, articulated hybrid buses. We're also still expecting the Metrolinx decision on LRT later in July, which got LRT backing from the HSR and the city already.
__________________
"Above all, Hamilton must learn to think like a city, not a suburban hybrid where residents drive everywhere. What makes Hamilton interesting is the fact it's a city. The sprawl that surrounds it, which can be found all over North America, is running out of time."
|